20:29 - The clouds of glory disappeared, since they sheltered the Jews in Aharon's merit.

21:1 - Amalek.

21:6 - The original snake, who was punished for speaking evil, is fitting to punish those who spoke evil about G-d and about Moshe. And the snake, for whom everything tastes like dust, is fitting to punish those who complained about the manna which changed to any desired taste.

21:13 - Moav refused them passage.

21:15 - The Amorites hid in caves in the mountain on the Moabite side of the valley in order to ambush the Jews. When the Jews approached, the mountain on the Eretz Canaan side of the valley moved close to the other mountain and the Amorites were crushed.

21:24 - G-d's command, "Do not harass them" (Devarim 2:19).

21:34 - Og had once been of service to Avraham. Moshe was afraid that this merit would assist Og in battle.

Balak

22:5 - So the other nations couldn't say, "If we had had prophets, we also would have become righteous."

22:6 - Because Bilaam's curse had helped Sichon defeat Moav.

22:8 - Only at night.

22:9 - He mistakenly reasoned that G-d isn't all-knowing.

22:11 - Balak wanted only to drive the Jews from the land. Bilaam sought to exterminate them completely.

22:13 - He implied that G-d wouldn't let him go with the Moabite princes due to their lesser dignity.

22:22 - It mercifully tried to stop Bilaam from sinning and destroying himself.

22:23 - He was killed with a sword.

22:33 - So that people shouldn't see it and say, "Here's the donkey that silenced Bilaam." G-d is concerned with human dignity.

22:34 - Avraham. Bilaam said, "G-d told me to go but later sent an angel to stop me. The same thing happened to Avraham: G-d told Avraham to sacrifice Yitzchak but later canceled the command through an angel."

23:4 - Corresponding to the seven altars built by the Avot. Bilaam said to G-d, "The Jewish People's ancestors built seven altars, but I alone have built altars equal to all of them."

23:8 - Yaakov, when Yitzchak blessed him.

23:24 - They rise each morning and "strengthen" themselves to do mitzvot.

24:1 - He began mentioning the Jewish People's sins, hoping thus to be able to curse them.

24:2 - An evil eye, pride, and greed.

24:2 - He saw each Tribe dwelling without intermingling. He saw the tents arranged so no one could see into his neighbor's tent.

24:3 - "Shatum ha'ayin." It means either "the poked-out eye," implying blindness in one eye; or, it means the "the open eye," which means vision but implies blindness in the other eye.

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